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Hospice and palliative care experts say the growing burden of caring for "old old" Americans -- those over 85 -- is reaching crisis proportions. We talk about elder care and end-of-life decisions, and our persistent inability to acknowledge the unpredictable realities of aging and dying.
Robin Marantz Henig, writer for the New York Times Magazine
Dr. Jerald Winakur, associate faculty member at the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Science Center; he's practiced internal medicine and geriatrics for almost 30 years
Dr. Joanne Lynn, senior scientist at the RAND Corporation
A former clerk for a Supreme Court justice discusses his new novel about junior lawyers and their struggle to adjust to life at a big law firm. They take on the challenge of a death penalty appeal, billable hours, and complex corporate litigation.
Kermit Roosevelt, assistant professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court justice David Souter and has worked for law firms in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
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